Sunday, November 23, 2014

I passed the ADF 12c Implementation Specialist Exam last month. Lot of people had queries on the pattern/study material etc., so thought to write a quick blog -

The study material is same as Oracle ADF 11g Exam [D57350, D60499, D60501] though exam is much tougher than ADF 11g (I have cleared ADF 11g earlier as well)

No new features or concepts in ADF 12c have been covered in the exam

This is the best Oracle Exam I have given, totally conceptual, cringes you for time and challenges your concepts

87 questions in 120 mins with multiple choice questions, I took the entire time.

Quite a few questions require you to choose the best option from all the right options :)

Few questions have screenshots and questions are asked pertaining to them which I though was a great idea to check implementation experience

If you have cleared the ADF 11g exam in the past and have got implementation experience, just a revision of the ADF 11g material should be good enough.

Do not attempt this exam without having hands on in ADF, it's pointless :)

Be very thorough on the ADF Lifecycle and ActionListener/ValueChangeListener order of execution, Nested AMs and transaction, DVT components, page templates, ADF BC; quite a few questions from there ! [D60501 is the guide to read for these]

Kudos to the certification team for such a comprehensive exam, I felt really happy on having cleared it !!Useful links -Exam Details and Topics (Cover all topics, questions from each are asked)Study Guide details

Which two statements are true about an af:panelStretchl_ayout component? (Choose two.)

A. a component placed in the center facet dynamically spaces out vertically to fill out the page height.

B. if the top facet has more content then fits vertically, it automatically adds a vertical scroll bar.

C. Facets without content in them do not show up at run time.

D. Components placed in the center facet stretch to fill the horizontal space regardless of their containing layout container.E. You cannot include another panelStretchLayout component in the bottom facet.

F. You can specify the vertical size for the top facet in pixels.

The second

Which two components allow you to divide your page into two sections, where one section can be collapsed and expanded by the user, without the need to code I

A. afpanelBorderLayout

B. afpanelSplitter

C. afstretchLayout

D. afpanelDrawer

E. afpanerTabbed

the third

Identify the two phases in the JSF life cycle that are always processed for a request, regardless if errors occur. (Choose two)

Answer1 : C,F (I added panelstrechlayout on an empty page and tried all the options. C & F seems to be the correct one)Answer2 : B,D (I am sure about B i.e. PanelSplitter but D, i.e., PanelDrawer also seems to be correctas we can define two showDetailItems within panelDrawer and expand/collapse both of them )

You are welcome Jamal. There is a request from my side. Actually i am going to appear for 1Z0-419 ADF 12c certification exam in few days time but i don't have enough practise material. The questions you posted seem to be very close in pattern to the actual exam. If you have more practise questions with you, could you kindly share that with me? My email id as akashu_007@yahoo.co.in.Thanks in advance.